Anocha Suwichakornpong

Dreamsong is pleased to present a program of short films by the prominent filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong, visiting Cloud House Resident. The program features work made over the last 15 years that shape-shifts between genres by way of a deep engagement with the history of cinema. Blurring the line between fantasy and reality, the films confront historical trauma in striking, intimate narratives. Sharing an interest in myth, historical memory and marginalized communities, Suwichakornpong’s short films present insightful vignettes and character studies through a feminist lens.

The program features 6 short films and will be followed by a conversation with Anocha Suwichakornpong and Rebecca Heidenberg, and a Q&A.

JAI (2007, 14 min)

LUBLAE (2013, 1 min) – commissioned by the Hubert Bals Fund

LUNCH (2010, 28 min) — part of an omnibus: BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER by three Asian female filmmakers.

OVERSEAS co-directed with Wichanon Somumjarn (2012, 16 min)

BLACK MIRROR (2008, 3 min)

JIT (2007, 9 min)

About The Artist

Anocha Suwichakornpong (b. 1976 in Chonburi, Thailand) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer whose work is informed by the socio-political history of Thailand. Her films have been the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York; TIFF Cinematheque, Toronto; and Olhar De Cinema, Brazil, among others. Her second feature, By the Time It Gets Dark, premiered in Locarno and has screened in over 50 film festivals including Toronto, BFI London, Viennale, and Rotterdam. The film won three Thailand National Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and was chosen as Thailand’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film. Suwichakornpong was a 2021 resident at the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, one of the most renowned residency programs for international artists and cultural practitioners, and she was a Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University (2018-2020).

About The Residency

Anocha Suwichakornpong is in Minneapolis for a short residency with FD13, in partnership with the Walker Art Center, during which the artist will premiere the newly commissioned performance, FREETIME, at the Walker Cinema stage on March 19, 7PM. In addition, the Walker is screening two of Suwichakornpong’s recent films — By the Time it Gets Dark (Friday March 11, 7PM) and Come Here (Saturday, March 12, 7PM). Suwichakornpong’s residency is hosted by Dreamsong’s Cloud House Residency, which provides accommodations and support for visual artists who are developing, exhibiting or curating new work in the Twin Cities.